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Ythien Nguyen

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019NGUY13

Ythien Nguyen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.16, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,722nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 42 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.60 in March 2019 to 12.16, a 57% improvement. Ythien has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.16
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1619.56
top 14.4%7,722 / 59,724
2×23.136.63
top 15.8%6,173 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed29.9647.64
top 46.6%6,330 / 15,683

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 28.60Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 24.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 16.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 12.1612.1628.6010 Mar 201912 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.